Cost of C & MC sites

But if people have to cancel - illness, mechanical breakdown etc - they will do so regardless of any penalty. 

C&CC have had deposits for many, many years and I'm sure they still get cancellations.

Deposits ARE coming, had it straight from the horses mouth. Couple this with the return of full rate VAT, and next year’s price rises, and you get what is going to be a bit of a shock to most existing Members pockets. The Club have a new Head of Sites, things are going to change. It won’t make a blind bit of difference to new Members, but long standing ones like us, will be looking to alternatives. Meanwhile, we are making the most of some cheap prices per night. Deposits won’t affect us very much at all. It’s extremely rare we go to a Club Site booked weeks, months, in advance. We shall just continue to look a couple of days forward, and it there’s a pitch, grab it, if there isn’t, go elsewhere. We have found some great new alternatives to Club Sites down here, forced into it to be honest if Club shuts Marazion. Sennen is too out on a limb for us, Godrevy too expensive. Carnon Downs isn’t for us. Fine if the Site is more important than the location, but it’s inland, in a not really nice bit of Cornwall, and pales alongside other locations. Probably has good showers though..........whatever floats your boat🤣

I think Carnon Downs is in quite agood spot twixt Truro and Falmouth, just up from Devoran, Trelissick, the King Harry ferry and the cross country cycle track etc but it will never be a cheap place to visit. It's always been a popular central spot in a nice leafy area.

We can rarely up sticks and go, we mostly have to book ahead and deposits will affect us. We're used to the C&CC system so it won't be a big change for us but I think many will find it less appealing.

CD is well connected, especially for Cornwall, but you will need a car, a bus pass or a bicycle to get around to see the best of Cornwall. A good central location for getting a day to other places. Good luck in the Summer traffic though. We would rather be in a particular area, and not have the hassle of driving far to get somewhere really lovely. But I do respect many are not like us.

Even if a certain post on another forum was a complete wind up there have been sufficient "noises off" from the Club Magazine and the  last AGM to think there is quite a lot of substance to the idea that deposits will soon be introduced. The 72 hour cancellation is more a polite request than something that will get you a punishment providing you don't do it too often!!! Of course what we don't know is how many cancellations there are in the month prior the site visit. There will be a proportion of cancellations due to issues of health or perhaps vehicle malfunction that prevents someone honouring a booking but are these really the main cause of cancellations? Only the Club have the figures which hopefully they will share with us to justify any changes. Whilst we can't second guess I imagine any deposit won't be returned if a booking is cancelled within a month of arrival on site. They might tweak it to allow you to swap your booking to another site for the same period? What impact it would have on advanced bookings is difficult say particularly as someone who doesn't book that far ahead. But there are many members who do seem to like to book months if not years ahead. What we don't know is how many members do book speculatively and then cancel nearer the time. If that is a larger proportion than we think then it is possible there will be better availability throughout the year? 

Imposing deposits will come as quite a shock to tens of thousands of members I imagine. It could go either way, people could resignedly accept the idea or will be up in arms about it much as they were with the name change. I suspect we don't have much later to wait to get the details?

David

Deposits are on the way ,as I have been informed when  i asked when? a statement about the changes to the sites booking system information to members is iminent,but no answer is yet available about what is to happen with bookings already made for next year

Some use their own facilities? ,but as posted when site facilities were closed because of the pandemic ,many it seems could not possibly use a site without them

Well it didn't come in the September news email! I'm guessing it won't come until the IT is sorted.

peedee

Don't hold your breath, then.

If it's anything to do with money I would suspect that HO will get it sorted a lot quicker than the problems encountered on here!😁